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A. W. PARMELEE.

HOOK. 7 No. 392,222. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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ARTHUR WV. PARMELEE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,222, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed May 26, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. PARMELEE, of the city and county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goat and Hat Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawtions.

ings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figures 1 and 2 represent a front and side view, respectively, of a coat andhat hook embodying my improvements. Fig. 3 represents the base of said hook, hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 4 represents a cross or transverse section of said base at the point indicated by line a in Fig. 3, also showing a crosssection of the hook and the flanges on the base for fastening the lower part of said hook in position, said flanges being shown by full lines bent out at each side of the hook and by dotted lines bent over said hook to hold it thereto, as hereinafter specified; and Figs. 5 to 10, inelusive, represent modifications in the construction, also hereinafter described.

My invention relates to coat and hat hooks made from wire, and more especially to double wire hooks.

It is claimed that a long slender wire hook, made from a single piece of wire, projecting straight out from the wall has the appearance of cheapness and does not accord with the conventional shapes and styles which have become established and well known in cast-metal hooks, which hooks invariably have a cast base, made more or less ornamental in form, that adds proportionally to their appearance, according to the design adopted, and at the same time imparts strength and stiffness to said hooks in both vertical and lateral direc- Such plain wire hooks are objection able not only on account of presenting a cheap appearance, as aforesaid, but also from their liability to being bent sidewise for lack of proper stiffening and support.

.-To overcome these objections, I have devised my improved hook, which consists in making a separate supporting and holding base of sheet metal or other suitable material,

which may be ornamented as desired, thus re' Serial No. 275,254. (No model.)

wholly from wire, while at the same time strengthening the same in all directions, and especially serving to support and hold the lower or smaller hook, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the part marked A represents the wire portion, and B the base, previously referred to, of my improved hook. Said wire part A is provided with the threaded or screw end 6, whereby the upper inner end of the hook may be fastened to the wall or other support, and from said screw end the wire extends out straight nearly the distance that it is desired the hook shall project, then curved up a little, thence down and back to form the rounded end 0, thence along and parallel under the straight part above referred to, and terminating at the bottom in the lower or smaller hook, (1, preferably having its outer end curved, as shown at d.

The upper end of base B is provided with asuitableopening, 6, through which the screw end of the hook may be passed, while the lower end thereof is interposed between the lower small hook, d, and the wall, and is provided with suitable means whereby said hook may be fastened thereto after said plate has been fitted in position, as shown in the drawings.

For the purpose of economy it is preferable to make the base of sheet metal and to cut the same out by means of suitable dies,which at the same operation out and turn up portions of the metal in various forms, as shown in Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive, thus forming flanges f, which may be bent around the surface of the wire to hold the same, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, andet.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the hook d is shown as being held by means of staples g in Fig. 8, the staple being represented as riveted on the back side, and in Fig. 9 as driven into the wall, the latter method serving, as will be apparent, to not only hold the hook to the base, but also the lower end of said base to the wall as well.

In Fig. 10 a similar fastening to those first described is shown, the only essential differ ence being that the lower end of the base is curved to fit the surface of the wire, instead of being flat against the wall, as in the other fig urcs, in which the fiangesfare shown.

Still other ways might be illustrated and described, but it will be unnecessary to do so to show that an equivalent result may be obtained by various similar constructions. The wire at the outer ends of the hook may be flattoned, as shown in Fig. 10, or the whole hook otherwise ornamented, as desired, and the right is also reserved to make the baseB of any do sired shape or design suitable for-carrying out the construction herein set forth and shown. The upper end of the basemay be held, in ad dition to the pressure of the lower hook upon it, by forming an offset, 71, in the wire, as shown in Fig. 10, or by otherwise forming ashoulder thereon at that point adapted to press upon the outer surface of the base when the hook is screwed into position.

By combining a base, ll, with a wire-hook part, A, as hereinbefore described, it will at once be manifest; that not only the lower hook is sccurelyheld, but the whole hook materially strengthened and stiil'ened. Being fastened at two points, and having a flat bearing against the wall, it is not liable to be bent laterally by any ordinary strain, and the strain of any weight hung thereon comes mostly upon the wall rather than on the hook itself.

If it is desired to give extra strength to the hook, the top and side projections of the base may have suitable holes punctured therein to receive screws or brads, whereby said base may be fastened to the wall.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to use a supporting wall-plate in conjunction with a wire part in a coat and hat hook, the same being shown in the United States Patent to F. Taylor, No. 374,015, dated November 29, 1887, and I therefore limit my invention to the speeifie construction herein set forth, and shown in the appended drawings. It will be observed that in the said Taylor patent a construction is adopted whereby the lower extremity of the wire is fastened to the base, the wire being doubled to form the lower hook,

whereas in my hook the lower extremity of the wire forms the terminal point of the lower hook, and said lower hook is fastened to the base around its body, which, unlike the patented hook aforesaid, bears against said base, thus, as will be apparent, effecting a dill'ereut construction, inasmuch as by said construction a iirm and rigid brace is produced between the lower end of said base and the upper hook to support thelattcr in a secure manner from sagging when any ordinary weight is suspended therefrom, and which construction is not embodied in the Taylor patent cited.

Having now described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

A coat and hat hook consisting of the wire part A, having the screw end I), and bent as follows: first, straight out from said screw end substantiallyin a level line nearly the distance that the hook is to project, thence curved upward and around to form the upper hook, c, thence back under the level part aforesaid and down against the wall-plate or bascli, and finally curved down forward and up to produce the lower single hook, d, with the end of the wire forming the terminal point thereof, in combination with said base B, having an opening at its upper end to receive the aforesaid screw end 0, and means, substantially as described, for fastening the wire of the lower hook at its bearing-point against the base, whereby a firm and rigid brace is produced between the lower part of said base and the upper hook to support the latter, substantially as shown and specified.

ARTHUR XV. lARllIELEE.

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